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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1979
Page
7
A 1970s study from Iowa's Statistical Analysis Center finds Iowa crime has risen faster since 1960 than the nation yet stays safer than most states. Overall crime up 324 percent, property up 321, violent up 564, vs national increases of 180, 173, and 260 percent.
Superintendent Joel Wedergren arrived at the South Tama County Administration Building with six Concerned Citizens of South Tama County. He sought to resume duties but spoke with acting superintendent Beth Silhanek, who said he was asked to leave by authority of the board.
Two minors were killed in a Fort Dodge head on collision while two Graettinger men died in another weekend crash. Authorities said Brenda Diekman was involved as a party in the Fort Dodge incident.
Julie Lambert gave birth to premature twins en route to University Hospitals Iowa City after an ambulance broke down on Interstate 80 near Newton. A rescue helicopter landed on the road to pick up the mother as troopers blocked traffic. Two siblings in another Fort Dodge crash died at the scene while two other accidents killed two more people over the weekend.
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